Stories of Kings - King Hezekiah

In the last days there will be false prophets- that promise blessings and prosperity ..etc. We must not be naïve and easily believed- we need to test it in the Spirit to see if they align with God’s word, true prophet comes with truth from God.


The encounter of King Hezekiah with the Prophet Isaiah teaches us the kind of response that will move God. When the Prophet pronounce his death. He faced the wall and prayed to God for mercy and grace , and wepted bitterly. for unmerited favors, and we know with God- His mercies are new everyday. Many people who are terminally ill and facing death face the same desperation and they need to cry out to the Lord. There are many individual who have experienced real life cancer ( final stages) – and souls are saved as they turn their lives to Jesus on the operating table or death bed even when all else is lost, they still enjoy the final victory of being saved before going to be with the Lord.

Acts 2:21

21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'



2nd Kings 20 : 1-7 - Hezekiah's Illness

1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 "Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: 5 "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.' "

7 Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

Stories of Kings- King Uzziah

King Uzziah ‘s blessings lead to pride and arrogance to overstep his boundary and authority- to take the place and duty of the priests to burn incense – leads to sufferings from physical leprosy until his death.


2nd Chronicle 26:16-18

16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in. 18 They confronted him and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God."

Stories of Kings- KIng Amizziah

King Amizziah submitted to God and God bless him–until he brought back the pagan Gods and threaten the prophet/messenger of God – and destruction followed.


2nd Chronicle 25:2

2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly. 3 After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. 4 Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sins."

2nd Chronicles 25:14-16

14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them.

 15 The anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, "Why do you consult this people's gods, which could not save their own people from your hand?"

16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, "Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?"

So the prophet stopped but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."

The diversity of intelligence in life and business

Intelligence is mutlifaceted and multi-dimension. It is a combination of ability, learning and understanding encompassing numerical, verbal or technical abilities - and constantly evolving into a complex diversity of knowledge to deal with the variety of the problems we faced today.

A child may have one or several types of intelligence. You can understand your child better by observing and identifying  the kind of intelligence skills that your child has. This will enable you to help your child to learn better and faster in those areas that he is good in and also to encourage him to try other activities outside the scope of his intelligence arena to develop and challenge him -   to face life situations where a combination of his skills will be called into play.

Howard Gardner look at 7 distinct kinds of intelligence:

1. Linguistic
2. Logical mathematical
3. Spatial ( space related)
4. Bodily kinesthetic ( movement related)
5. Interpersonal ( communications),
6 Intrapersonal (emotional feelings, awareness and intentions)
7. Musical

I have done a research in the internet and have found that there are about seven types of intelligence.


Verbal- Linguistic
Speaking, storytelling, writing, listening, using humour, remembering information, using language cleverly

Logical-Mathematical
Problem solving, categorizing classifying, working with geometric shapes

Visual-Spatial

Doing puzzles, reading, writing, drawing, visual arts, having a good sense of direction, designing objects, fixing things

Bodily-Kinaesthetic
Dancing, sports, acting, anything requiring physical coordination, creating with hands

Musical-Rhythmic
Singing, playing musical instruments, composing music

Interpersonal
Able to see other's point of view, listening, able to pick up on cues from others, good at forming good relations with other people, conflict resolution; good leaders

Intrapersonal
Figuring out their own strengths and weaknesses, analyzing, understanding themselves and how they relate to others

Business needs intelligence to thrive in change and chaos such as:

1. market intelligence,
2. technological intelligence,
3. customer intelligence,
4. creative; and
5. practical intelligence.

So understand the different concept of intelligence and keep improving on them

Be intelligent - do the right thing- use your talents wisely.

Friendship is like a ball game

Friendship is like a ball game. You throw the ball by extending your hands and the receiver also extends his hand to accept your ball. You cannot accept with your fists but only with open hands. Just like a little bird, we must open up our hands to let it go free. If we were to squeeze it, the little bird will suffer.

Back to the ball game, if the partners are not focused and be attentive to one another and be sensitive to the ball's intended direction- the ball will fall short hitting the floor or bounce off the chest and there wil be no one to return your throw and the ball.

Please watch the ball and throw it well.

God bless

Teach them to pray

When you find time on your hands, put them together in prayer.

Tomorrow's world will be shaped by what we teach our children today.

JEREMIAH 33:3

3 'Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things

you do not know.'

WANT TO LEARN MORE !!!! http://cws.athost.net/sermons%202010/feb10.htm#D1
THE  POWER OF PRAYER,
THE PRAYER OF FAITH AND ITS REWARDS

God holds my hand

One of the joys of being with kids is holding their hands. we do it to keep them safe while crossing the streets, or to keep them from getting lost in a crowded mall, and also whenever they stumble, we grab their little hands tighter to keep them from falling.

That is what God does for us.

Many things about tomorrow I dont seem to understand;
But I know who holds tomorrow and I know who holds my hand- Stanphill


Psalms 73:2 My steps had nealy slipped.